μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • Africa (Zulu)Held 144ff., (Bechuana): Brown, J. T. Among the Bantu Nomads (London, 1926) 181ff., (Northern Rhodesia): Worthington The Little Wise One (London, 1930) 135ff. No. 19, (Gan): Westermann Die Sprache der Guang (Berlin, 1922) 86f.
Within the index

Filed under Transformation flight. Fugitives transforms themselves in order to escape detection by the pursuer.

Filed beside it
Fugitive transformed by helper to escape detectionReversed transformation flight. Transformed pursuer. Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 363

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